Where do you get your LED lightbulbs from?

[Marcos]

Just got one from Ikea to experiment with, i'm impressed. But they use screw fitting and charge £10 per bulb.

Any recommendations for regular lightbulb replacements?

[Stoo]

I got mine from amazon, but they're halogen replacements - not quite as much light, but apparently the newer ones are a better match and throw it out at a better angle these days too.

[directhex]

Don't expect cheap prices on decent LED bulbs, especially for rarer choices like high-wattage.

yourwelcome.co.uk has a wide selection

[ristac]

http://www.energybulbs.co.uk/ managed to get some megaman GU10 bulbs for £2.99 instead og £11.00 everywhere else.

[Barry]

ASDA do GU10's for £3.99 each (14w afaik)

[Marcos]

I need regular bulbs, GU10s are the bad spotlight ones that use to suck up 50w each right?

Cant believe those were ever legal

[1stRaven]

I need regular bulbs, GU10s are the bad spotlight ones that use to suck up 50w each right?

Cant believe those were ever legal

Depends which one you get. Most lights might of come with 50w ones but you can replace them with 35w or 20w ones (which ASDA also sell).

[ristac]

Brought some Cree 3x3 watt GU10 from the bay, expensive at £10 a bulb but they are pretty impressive and I have to say they are brighter than a standard 50w bulb.

[ash42]

I purchase LED light bulbs from www.agreensupply.com

[wasabi]

Hit ebay and buy from China or Singapore. Quarter the UK price delivered.There are plenty that look just like Cree ones and from the several I've had are just as good as the real thing.

Have used seller skdosmin a few times with no probs. For example these

[Leftfield_2k2]

Just finished second fixings in my rents new conservatory build and installed 12 x Gu10 downlighters (Halogen = 600W )

Did a fair bit of research and bought some Rotundity CREE 9W (5.5-6.5W Load) these are dimmable and have a MTBF of 100,000 hours! Thats nearly 11.5 years 24/7 @ 100%

I paid £8.50 each off ebay and they are great :-) I would post a pic but until I have made 5 posts I can't :-(

[Marcos]

Weird that a £20 torch can have 800lumens out of 3xAA batts but they are taking ages to figure out how to make a decent 60W LED lamp?

[Phage]

I bought these
http://www.ledhut.co.uk/gu10-smd-led...att-equiv.html
They're bluer than an incandescent but great for the kitchen, hallway or bathroom. Highly recommended.

[directhex]

Weird that a £20 torch can have 800lumens out of 3xAA batts but they are taking ages to figure out how to make a decent 60W LED lamp?

LEDs need low voltage DC current, whereas bulbs get fed 240V AC. It's actually easier to do it with the torch

[davig019]

LEDs need low voltage DC current, whereas bulbs get fed 240V AC. It's actually easier to do it with the torch

Exactly, to power an LED from an AC house source requires a fair amount of work for something so trivial. First the voltage must be rectified from AC to DC. Now we need to step that voltage down.

This means we need a transformer, which needs cooling. So as you can see not very efficient which is the whole idea of LEDs unless you have a good efficient power supply.

Battery powered led is straightforward, plug in add resistor, bang done.

This is why LED torches are so much easier

Sorry for going OT...

[Zhaoman]

I've never tried LED bulbs before, what are they like? Do you notice any difference in the light quality?